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Rail Discoveries Videos

Welcome to Rail Discoveries TV - our superb collection of
videos all about Rail Discoveries holidays. We've created
informative tour videos for all of our most popular tours, as well
as Tour Manager interviews and customer testimonials, to give you
an idea of what our holidays are all about. Discover more about
taking a holiday with Rail Discoveries by clicking on the
video links below. Each tour video includes a fantastic gallery of
images from the holiday, combined with an informative commentary
outlining the itinerary and included excursions.

Travelling with Rail Discoveries

When you book with Rail Discoveries, your holiday includes so
much more than just travel and accommodation. Our tours include far
more than a simple package holiday. When you book with Rail
Discoveries, we'll take you to your destination in style and
comfort, and you'll be accompanied throughout by an experienced
Tour Manager who'll take care of the important details for you.
From start to finish, the logistical arrangements are handled by
your friendly Tour Manager - so you can sit back, relax and enjoy
the experience of travelling by rail.

In each destination, we stay in comfortable, centrally located
hotels. On most tours we include breakfast every day, as well as
many dinners, either served in the hotel or in a local restaurant.
On each tour, we also include a superb programme of interesting
excursions and informative sightseeing tours. You can travel on
local mountain railways, enjoy excursions to local places of
interest and enjoy guided walking tours of the towns and cities we
visit. With Rail Discoveries, this is all included in the price of
your holiday, making our tours superb value for money.

The Rail Discoveries Experience

From the Norfolk Broads to the Isle of Man and from the North
Wales coast to the Highlands of Scotland, our exciting collection
of UK tours has something for everyone - without the need for you
to bring a passport or change any currency. Our incredibly popular
UK tours are packed with exciting excursions - a daily itinerary of
sightseeing tours, heritage railway excursions, visits to
interesting towns and tours of historic stately homes. We stay in
comfortable, conveniently located hotels on all of our UK holidays
and take full advantage of the excellent local heritage and steam
railways available in the region. On most of our UK tours, dinner
is included every evening. Wherever in the UK you choose to visit,
you'll find a tour which ticks all the boxes and which provides you
with incredible value for money.

Isle of Man

Railways of Wales

Yorkshire by Steam

From the scenic and gastronomic treasures of the beautiful
Dordogne to the glitz, glamour and enviable climate of the Cote
d'Azur, Rail Discoveries offers a wonderful collection of
holidays by rail in France. There can be no better introduction to
holidaying by rail than with a tour to the fabulous Dordogne region
of France. Easily accessible from London by rail, the Dordogne
combines two of France's most appealing assets - terrific scenery
and mouth-watering cuisine. Once you've combined this with quality
hotel accommodation and excursions by heritage train and river
boat, you have the perfect recipe for a wonderful French
experience. Our French Riviera holidays whisk you from London to
the Mediterranean in only a few hours as you travel by Eurostar to
Paris and then by high-speed TGV to Nice. Once settled into your
hotel in the heart of the city, you'll be able to enjoy excursions
to the fabulous resorts of Antibes and Cannes and the glamorous
principality of Monaco.

Dordogne's Highlights

The Relaxing Rhone

Dordogne Discovery

The French Riviera

The Charming Dordogne

Dordogne & Lot

Our range of Italian tours offers you the chance to discover
this remarkable country in style, racing from city to city on the
excellent Italian rail network. Our tours showcase the greatest
Italian cities and regions, from the Eternal City of Rome to the
enchanting floating city of Venice; from the Tuscan hills to the
beautiful Bay of Naples. Choose an Italian sightseeing tour and
discover the highlights of amazing cities like Florence, Venice,
Rome and Pisa, or opt for a relaxing break with an Italian lakeside
holiday by Lake Garda or Lake Maggiore. Enjoy the breathtaking
coastal scenery on a tour of the Italian Riviera, or discover the
destructive power of Mount Vesuvius on a tour of Pompeii.

Lake Garda All Inclusive

Enchanting Lake Garda

Lake Maggiore

Lake Como All Inclusive

Italian Riviera

Tuscany & Venice

Our remarkable collection of Germany holidays offers you the
opportunity to discover many of the highlights of Europe's most
populous nation. Using high-speed trains to travel in comfort from
city to city, you can enjoy any number of different experiences in
Germany. These include a short break to the town of Cochem, a visit
to the Harz Mountains and a horticultural tour of Germany's Royal
Gardens. Our range of tours to the Rhine Valley, arguably Germany's
most picturesque region, is particularly impressive. You can
explore the region by rail and coach, enjoying all-inclusive hotel
accommodation and a superb itinerary of included excursions.
Alternatively, you could take a truly relaxing rail-cruise tour,
floating serenely along the mighty River Rhine to visit the
picturesque wine towns and quaint riverside villages which line its
banks.

Alluring Rhine Valley

The Harz Mountains

Bavaria All Inclusive

With Rail Discoveries, you can explore the sights of Europe
entirely by train. Tours to the Continent begin on the fast,
efficient Eurostar, racing across the south-east from London on
'High-Speed One', currently the UK's only section of high-speed
track. After a remarkably short time in "the Tunnel", you'll emerge
in France, ready to join Europe's incredible integrated rail
network for your onward journey across the Continent.

At Rail Discoveries, we offer a wonderfully diverse collection
of rail tours in Europe - from a short break in Belgium to an
adventurous cruise along the Danube; from the Chateaux of the Loire
to the iconic Glacier Express. Our European rail tours include
France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, the Czech
Republic, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Slovakia and the stunning
ports which surround the Mediterranean. Whatever your style, we
have a holiday by rail to Europe that will capture your
imagination.

Italian Explorer

Railways of Wales

Tuscany & Venice

Lake Maggiore

Alluring Rhine Valley

Lake Como All Inclusive

On a worldwide holiday with Rail Discoveries, we might not be
able to travel to the destination by rail from London, but we
certainly take full advantage of the excellent railway network in
the countries we visit. In India, a country where rail travel is a
way of life and embraced by millions every day, we use the railways
to travel through the beautiful countryside from bustling city to
bustling city. We travel alongside ordinary Indians going about
their daily lives and making their daily commute, providing us with
a unique insight into life and culture in their amazing
country.

On our USA tours, you'll enjoy the experience of travelling by
rail on impressive 'Superliner' trains - each with inspiring names
like 'California Zephyr' and 'Coast Starlight'. You'll see the
wonderful continent that is best seen from a train, and travel by
rail from big city to big city. In between rail journeys you'll
enjoy unforgettable American hospitality and discover the
incredible sights of this wonderful country.

The Trans-American Rail Tour

New England in the Fall

There is something magical about steam railways - a sense of
nostalgia for a bygone age of travel - the glory days of rail. On
our steam tours, we embrace the golden age of rail travel by
including excursions which take advantage of those steam railways
which are still in operation today. Whether that's a journey
through the scenery of the North York Moors or an adventure through
the Harz Mountains, our steam tours showcase the very best of steam
trains across Europe. For possibly the best nostalgic rail
experience, you can book our Isle of Man holiday, where steam
railways are combined with historic and heritage lines, horse drawn
trams and preserved electric railways - providing a real taste of
the 1950s.

Isle of Man

The Harz Mountains

Yorkshire by Steam

Trains are the perfect mode of transport to discover Europe's
wonderful lakes and mountains scenery. From a train you can enjoy
views across tranquil lakes before heading into the mountains and
climbing towards the majestic snow-capped peaks. Our lakes and
mountains tours offer both relaxing lakeside hotel accommodation
and exhilarating mountain railway excursions, taking you from the
shores of a glacial lake to the peak of a towering mountain by
rack-and-pinion railway. You can spend one day on a peaceful lake
cruise before spending the next climbing to the highest railway
station in Europe. You can enjoy a stroll by the lake or a horse
and carriage ride through the forests surrounding an Alpine resort.
With Rail Discoveries, a lakes and mountains holiday by rail offers
the perfect mix of sights and scenery, relaxing and excitement.